The class schedule had been tweaked. Theory classes were cut down in favor of practical training, a clear sign of how seriously the academy took the paired evaluation. Unlike the previous two evaluations, this one wasn't about individual performance. It was about teamwork. Or, in some cases, the glaring lack of it.
"Your opponents for this evaluation will be six-star beasts," Nero announced, his voice carrying the same casual tone one might use when discussing the lunch menu.
That sentence alone was enough to send a ripple of unease through the class.
Six-star beasts.
Not the kind of opponent you could brute force unless you had numbers on your side—and the right numbers at that. Even the Abyssal Tide Serpent I had helped evolve was only on the lower end of the six-star spectrum, and it had still required multiple adventurers, Rachel, and myself working together just to buy time.
These would be stronger.
